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Don't you love it when a designer takes the "guess work" out and ties up all the loose ends?  And when they tell the world you're pregnant before you do!

Okay, so that doesn't happen to the average Joe or Jane, but it did happen to Naomi Watts!  Yes, it's true!! According to Starpulse.com; a representative for the fashion company Escada, who designed Watt's dress, sent out a press release that read:

"The Escada gown set off her most precious new asset - the baby she is expecting with longtime boyfriend Liev Schreiber."

Watts, 38, has avoided questions about whether or not she is expecting, but she and her boyfriend have always said they would love to start a family.

Well at least she isn't just getting fat.

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The 79th Annual Academy Awards are a thing of the past.  Having had their first openly gay host, Ellen Degeneres, things weren't that bad!

Ellen kept the flow going, and she kept us laughing.  Al Gore didn't announce his candidacy for president and Jennifer Hudson won for best supporting actress.

Keep reading for a full list of the winners.

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Jennifer Hudson was awarded the Academy Award honoring a Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her performane as Effe in Dream Girls.  Hudson also won the Golden Globe and SAG award for this same role earlier this year.

She didn't win the American Idol title for a reason!  Jennifer Hudson has now cleared a new path for both former Idol winners and losers as an Oscar winner!

Congratulations Jennifer!!!

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Mark Wahlberg looks HOTTTT in his tux at the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday.  I love a hot man who looks even hotter in a tux!

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My fellow Tennessee native, Reese Witherspoon looks stunning at the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday.  Since her separation from Ryan Phillipe, Witherspoon has looked better than ever, and she isn't afraid to show it off in this flowing and slimming design.

Work it Reese!

Al Gore had his chance, as I told you earlier this would have been the perfect opportunity; but it appears that he has passed up this window to announce that he is running for president in 2008.

Gore was given the chance to speak with Leonardo DiCaprio about "being green."  The duo shared with us how the awards were prepared in an echo conscious way, and DiCarprio set Gore up to make the big announcement. 

After Gore said he would like to make an important announcement, he pulled a speech from his pocket as if he was going to tell the "billions watching" that he was a presidential candidate once again.  Instead he played it up until the music started (obviously on cue) and interrupted him.

There you have it, Al Gore is a comedian, not a presidential candidate... for now anyway.

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Ellen Degeneres couldn't have been more "Ellen" in her opening monologue of the 79th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night.

Wearing a red velvet suit, perfectly tailored to Ellen-style, Degeneres joked of her dream to one day host the prestigious awards show and teased the nominees about being nervous. 

With the underlying theme of "celebrating the nominees" Degeneres recognized several of the nominees speaking highly of their accomplishments ending with a singing choir so Ellen can do what she does best -- dance with the crowd.

Her one-liners were right on, and she didn't bore us with a bunch of non-sense or jokes the audience didn't get.

Hats off to Ellen for contributing to "2007: The Year of the Gay!"

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Ellen Degeneres is known for her simple style, and that seems to be a huge part of what makes her so appealing.  For the first time, Ellen is gracing the March cover of W Magazine and glowing in a steamy photoshoot inside. 

On her Emmy award winning daytime show, Degeneres took us on a behind the scenes look at her photoshoot. 

Ellen will take the stage tonight at the 79th Annual Academy Awards as only the second female to ever host the prestigious show.

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This year's Oscar coverage is bigger and better than ever on all accounts.  Just about every channel is doing their own version of a countdown show; and as we mentioned earlier, some channels are even doing a countdown-to-the-countdown.

If you're still deciding what to watch, here's what you get to choose from (all times listed are Eastern Standard Time):

12pm-6pm:  E!:  "Countdown to the Red Carpet"

12pm-6pm:  TV Guide Channel: "Countdown to the Academy Awards''

6pm:  E!:  "Ryan Seacrest and Juliana DePandi live from the Red Carpet" 

6pm:  TV Guide Channel:  "Joan and Melissa Live at the Academy Awards"

7pm:  ABC:  "Barbara Walters Oscar Special"  

8pm:  ABC:  "Road to the Oscars 2007"

8:30pm:  ABC: "The 79th Annual Academy Awards"

After the show:  ABC: "An Evening at the Academy Awards: The Winners''

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The 79th Annual Academy Awards are only a few hours away, but the folks at E! News have been at it since 12 EST.  E! is currently live for their Countdown to the Red Carpet. 

Wait!  Isn't the Red Carpet show a countdown to the actual Oscars?  So, that makes E!'s Countdown to the Red Carpet a countdown-to-the-countdown.  (Read it again, you'll understand it the second time).

The E! News junior varsity has shown viewers everything from what the celebs to their hair to what underwear they will be wearing.  They have seriously show us how female celebrities push their boobs up to look fuller. 

Debbie Matenopoulous, Jay Alexander, Sal Masekela, Ben Lyons, Catt Sadler and some other no-namers are counting down the arrival of Price Ryan Seacreast and her Royal Hiney Juliana DePandi who will countdown the arrival of the woman of the night, Ellen Degeneres.

It doesn't get more D-List than that!

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